Our Community
Check out the amazing photos we have received of our community!
Have a photo to share? Send it to: projectmanager@villageofnewpaltz.org
Please note, by emailing your photos you are giving members of the revitalization committee permission to use them on this site and on future grant applications to improve New Paltz.
We need pictures to show off the natural beauty of New Paltz, its historic charm, and its diverse community. Pictures will help us depict to our potential funds why New Paltz is the best Village to invest in!
New Paltz History & Community:
Historic Huguenot Street
At our 10-acre National Historic Landmark District in New Paltz, New York, visitors experience over 300 years of history across seven historic stone-house museums, a reconstructed 1717 French Church, the Huguenot community’s original burying ground, and a replica Esopus Munsee wigwam. Period rooms and exhibits tell the stories of a French Huguenot settlement as it evolved over time, and also reveal the history of the area’s Indigenous and enslaved African peoples and Dutch settlers.
Historic Huguenot Street was originally founded in 1894 by the descendants of the first settlers as the Huguenot Patriotic, Historical, and Monumental Society to preserve what remained of their French and Dutch heritage. Since then, Historic Huguenot Street has grown into an innovative museum, chartered as an educational corporation by the University of the State of New York, that is dedicated to protecting our historic buildings, conserving an important collection of artifacts and manuscripts, and promoting the stories of the Huguenot Street families, from the sixteenth century to today.
Historic Huguenot Street envisions a nationally recognized historic site that will inspire guests to think in new ways about American history while also carrying forward the conversation about the relationship between past and present.
Check it out: https://www.huguenotstreet.org/
Education
New Paltz Central Schools
SUNY New Paltz
The only residential public university in the mid-Hudson region
RECENT COLLEGE RANKINGS 2021-2022
Student Loan Hero - Most Affordable LGBTQ+-Friendly Schools
Four-year Colleges in New York State - #1
Overall in New York State - #2
Nationally - #29
College Census - Best Value Colleges & Universities
NATIONALLY
Best Value College - #25
Best Value College in SUNY - #1
Military Friendly Schools - Best Colleges & Ranking List
NATIONALLY
Small public colleges and universities - #8
Trails, Climbing, Outdoor Recreation
Activities
Climbing
Cycling
Hiking
Kayaking
SOS Triathalon
New Paltz Pizza Run
New Paltz Apple Cider Donut Run - 50K
The Ride for Mental Health